causes for global climate change,”Widespread deforestation worsens the situation. Living forests take in CO2from theatmosphere, release the oxygen, and store the carbon in their biomass. As more treesare cut down and their wood is used for fuel, more carbon enters the atmosphere,less is taken out
and less is stored. The loss of trees and other forest organismsproduces as much as 30 percent of the buildup of CO2in the atmosphere. The use offossil fuels accounts for the remaining 70 percent.”